Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, and Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Wifi: ath9k: hifusb: Do not dereference hifdev after re-arming the firmware request The ath9khifrequestfirmware function re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via requestfirmwarenowait, passing hifdev as the completion context...

SUSE CVE-2026-68363

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: don't dereference hifdev after re-arming firmware request ath9khifrequestfirmware re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via requestfirmwarenowait, passing hifdev as the completion context, and then still...

wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: don't dereference hif_dev after re-arming firmware request

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CVE-2026-68363

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: don't dereference hifdev after re-arming firmware request ath9khifrequestfirmware re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via requestfirmwarenowait, passing hifdev as the completion context, and then still...

CVE-2026-68363 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: don't dereference hif_dev after re-arming firmware request

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: don't dereference hifdev after re-arming firmware request ath9khifrequestfirmware re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via requestfirmwarenowait, passing hifdev as the completion context, and then still...

CVE-2026-68363: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: don't dereference hifdev after re-arming firmware request ath9khifrequestfirmware re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via requestfirmwarenowait, passing hifdev as the completion context, and then still...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-68363

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - wifi: ath9k: hifusb: don't dereference hifdev after re-arming firmware request ath9khifrequestfirmware re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via...

CVE-2026-68363: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: don't dereference hifdev after re-arming firmware request ath9khifrequestfirmware re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via requestfirmwarenowait, passing hifdev as the completion context, and then still...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-992164)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-992164 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: clean up skbs if ath9khifusbrxstream fails Syzkaller detected a memory leak ...

CVE-2022-50829: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: Fix use-after-free in ath9khifusbregincb It is possible that skb is freed in ath9khtcrxmsg, then usbsubmiturb fails and we try to free skb again. It causes use-after-free bug. Moreover, if allocskb fails,...

CVE-2022-50740: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9khifusbdealloctxurbs Syzkaller reports a long-known leak of urbs in ath9khifusbdealloctxurbs. The cause of the leak is that usbgeturb is called but usbfreeurb or usbputurb is no...

CVE-2023-53641: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: fix memory leak of remainskbs hifdev-remainskb is allocated and used exclusively in ath9khifusbrxstream. It is implied that an allocated remainskb is processed and subsequently freed in error paths only durin...

CVE-2023-53199: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: clean up skbs if ath9khifusbrxstream fails Syzkaller detected a memory leak of skbs in ath9khifusbrxstream. While processing skbs in ath9khifusbrxstream, the already allocated skbs in skbpool are not freed if...

GSD-2023-1001638 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb()

wifi: ath9k: hifusb: Fix use-after-free in ath9khifusbregincb This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v4.9.337 by commit...

GSD-2023-1001486 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb()

wifi: ath9k: hifusb: Fix use-after-free in ath9khifusbregincb This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.10.163 by commit...

GSD-2023-1001485 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs()

wifi: ath9k: hifusb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9khifusbdealloctxurbs This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.10.163 by commit...

GSD-2023-1001184 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb()

wifi: ath9k: hifusb: Fix use-after-free in ath9khifusbregincb This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.15.86 by commit...

GSD-2023-1001183 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs()

wifi: ath9k: hifusb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9khifusbdealloctxurbs This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v5.15.86 by commit...

GSD-2023-1000808 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb()

wifi: ath9k: hifusb: Fix use-after-free in ath9khifusbregincb This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v6.0.16 by commit...

GSD-2023-1000805 wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs()

wifi: ath9k: hifusb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9khifusbdealloctxurbs This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v6.0.16 by commit...